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fredag, januari 28, 2011

Mubarak fires ministers, appeals for calm

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in the early hours of Saturday ordered the existing government and ministers to step down and promised a new leadership, dpa reported.

Mubarak was making his first address to his nation since anti- government protests erupted this week, appealing for calm and promising reform. But protests continued in the country even as he made his address, with some calling for the president's ouster.

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